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by Nicole Renee Ryan (Illustrator), Emily Balawejder (Author), Janna M. Leyde (Author)
All traumas are individual. Every yoga practice is personal. In this illustrated guidebook you will find 20 yoga poses designed specifically to enhance the lives of those who live with brain injury, PTSD, and other forms of trauma. Additionally, Move Feel Think is an excellent book for anyone looking to begin a yoga practice. Undergoing any type of trauma, big or small, weakens the connection between mind and body. Individuals oftentimes experience a sense of displacement, loss of awareness, lack of purpose-along with various other intellectual deficits. A routine yoga practice can help strengthen or regain that individual's sense of identity, purpose and awareness, and, perhaps, encourage an acceptance of the lifelong changes due to a traumatic incident. Move Feel Think is novel and unique approach to healing, as it introduces the trifecta of benefits of a yoga practice: the physical benefits (Move), the emotional benefits (Feel), and the cognitive benefits (Think). Accompanying each pose is a breakdown of the physical, emotional, and cognitive benefits-along with tips and suggestions to help deepen anyone's practice throughout. This guidebook can serve as a long-term complement to any treatment plan or lifestyle and can be practiced as little as or as often as desired.
Author Biography
I did more talking than anything else as a little girl, so my mother thought I should find a profession where I could "use my mouth." So while I was dreaming of becoming a wildlife photographer or a psychologist or a meteorologist, she was envisioning her daughter as a lawyer. It wasn't until 2002, sitting on a twin bed in a tiny bedroom in Seville, Spain, that I saw the potential in becoming a writer. Surrounded by books and magazines, it occurred to me that what I really wanted to do was communicate. Communicate stories, ideas, information. Create communication that inspired, enlightened, and healed. It wasn't until 2011that I became a yoga teacher, for those very same reasons-to inspire, to enlighten and to heal. Thanks to New York University, some wonderful people I've met along the way, and the support of my family, I was able to pursue this writing thing. And so much gratitude goes out to my amazing yoga teachers (from Sonic Yoga and Mala Yoga) for teaching me this practice and encouraging me to share yoga. Today, I have a dual career as a yoga teacher and a freelance writer. My first book, He Never Liked Cake, is the story of growing up with my father's brain injury. My second book, Move Feel Think, allows me to combine my two loves-writing and yoga. Want to know a bit more, like where I teach in Pittsburgh, PA (my home base) and what else I've been up to, writing, speaking, or otherwise? Visit jannaleyde.com. Friend me on Facebook, or find me on Instagram or Twitter, both @jannacabana. Have a question or just want to say hello, email me at movefeelthink@gmail.com.
